diff --git a/pkg/atomicbitops/BUILD b/pkg/atomicbitops/BUILD
index 1a30f6967..11072d4de 100644
--- a/pkg/atomicbitops/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/atomicbitops/BUILD
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ package(licenses = ["notice"])
 go_library(
     name = "atomicbitops",
     srcs = [
+        "aligned_32bit_unsafe.go",
+        "aligned_64bit.go",
         "atomicbitops.go",
         "atomicbitops_amd64.s",
         "atomicbitops_arm64.s",
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/aligned_unsafe.go b/pkg/atomicbitops/aligned_32bit_unsafe.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/tcpip/aligned_unsafe.go
rename to pkg/atomicbitops/aligned_32bit_unsafe.go
index 35e869453..1d71a0641 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/aligned_unsafe.go
+++ b/pkg/atomicbitops/aligned_32bit_unsafe.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 // +build arm 386
 
-package tcpip
+package atomicbitops
 
 import (
 	"sync/atomic"
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/aligned.go b/pkg/atomicbitops/aligned_64bit.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/tcpip/aligned.go
rename to pkg/atomicbitops/aligned_64bit.go
index ea22c101f..21043c53d 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/aligned.go
+++ b/pkg/atomicbitops/aligned_64bit.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 // +build !arm,!386
 
-package tcpip
+package atomicbitops
 
 import "sync/atomic"
 
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/BUILD b/pkg/tcpip/BUILD
index 5237eba76..ea46c30da 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/BUILD
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ go_template_instance(
 go_library(
     name = "tcpip",
     srcs = [
-        "aligned.go",
-        "aligned_unsafe.go",
         "errors.go",
         "sock_err_list.go",
         "socketops.go",
@@ -31,6 +29,7 @@ go_library(
     ],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
+        "//pkg/atomicbitops",
         "//pkg/sync",
         "//pkg/tcpip/buffer",
         "//pkg/waiter",
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/socketops.go b/pkg/tcpip/socketops.go
index 8158e238d..b26936b7f 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/socketops.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/socketops.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/atomicbitops"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sync"
 )
 
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ type SocketOptions struct {
 	getSendBufferLimits GetSendBufferLimits `state:"manual"`
 
 	// sendBufferSize determines the send buffer size for this socket.
-	sendBufferSize AlignedAtomicInt64
+	sendBufferSize atomicbitops.AlignedAtomicInt64
 
 	// getReceiveBufferLimits provides the handler to get the min, default and
 	// max size for receive buffer. It is initialized at the creation time and
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/stack/BUILD b/pkg/tcpip/stack/BUILD
index 2bd6a67f5..63ab31083 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/stack/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/stack/BUILD
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ go_library(
     ],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
+        "//pkg/atomicbitops",
         "//pkg/ilist",
         "//pkg/log",
         "//pkg/rand",
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/stack/stack.go b/pkg/tcpip/stack/stack.go
index 436392f23..3d9e1e286 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/stack/stack.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/stack/stack.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/atomicbitops"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/rand"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sync"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip"
@@ -65,10 +66,10 @@ type ResumableEndpoint interface {
 }
 
 // uniqueIDGenerator is a default unique ID generator.
-type uniqueIDGenerator uint64
+type uniqueIDGenerator atomicbitops.AlignedAtomicUint64
 
 func (u *uniqueIDGenerator) UniqueID() uint64 {
-	return atomic.AddUint64((*uint64)(u), 1)
+	return ((*atomicbitops.AlignedAtomicUint64)(u)).Add(1)
 }
 
 // Stack is a networking stack, with all supported protocols, NICs, and route
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/tcpip.go b/pkg/tcpip/tcpip.go
index 1bc13ef68..b39af42c4 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/tcpip.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/tcpip.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/atomicbitops"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sync"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/waiter"
 )
@@ -1220,7 +1221,7 @@ type NetworkProtocolNumber uint32
 
 // A StatCounter keeps track of a statistic.
 type StatCounter struct {
-	count AlignedAtomicUint64
+	count atomicbitops.AlignedAtomicUint64
 }
 
 // Increment adds one to the counter.